Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
Turkey
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Interesting Facts
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Merhaba
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
İyi Geceler
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Good Morning
günaydın
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Please
lütfen
Молим (Molim)
Sorry
üzgünüm
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Bye
Hoşçakal
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
Волим те (Volim te)
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Southeastern Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Türkçe
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Montenegrin
German Name
Türkisch
Serbisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Origin
c. 1350
11th Century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Not Available
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Standard Serbian
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1301
serb1264
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Turkish and Serbian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Turkish and Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Serbian language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Serbian Difficulty
The Turkish vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Serbian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Turkish and Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.